Objective. —To determine if short-term exercise reduces falls and fall-related injuries in the
elderly. Design. —A preplanned meta-analysis of the seven Frailty and Injuries: Cooperative …

OBJECTIVES. Fear of falling has been recognized as a potentially debilitating consequence
of falling in elderly persons. However, the prevalence and the correlates of this fear are …

The eight FICSIT (Frailty and Injuries: Cooperative Studies of Intervention Techniques) sites
test different intervention strategies in selected target groups of older adults. To compare the …

Objective To develop a simple, readily administered and scored screening test for dementia
utilizing the clock‐drawing task. Design Retrospective analysis of clock‐drawing errors and …

Objective: To investigate resident burnout in relation to work and home-related factors. Method:
Maslach Burnout Inventory was mailed to residents in eight different medical specialties, …

Accelerated atherosclerosis is the leading cause of death in patients with non-insulin-dependent
diabetes mellitus (NIDDM). Impaired endogenous fibrinolytic activity may accelerate …

OBJECTIVE: A literature review was conducted to ascertain whether or not EEG spectral
abnormalities are consistent enough to warrant additional effort towards developing them into a …

A meta-analysis was performed on data from the Washington University Department of
Otolaryngology Head and Neck Tumor Registry and 24 studies reporting synchronous and …

In this 12-week double-blind placebo-controlled trial of methylphenidate (MTP) versus
placebo in 48 cocaine-dependent attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) adults, the …

To determine risk factors for falls, previous studies have classified falls according to the
contribution of factors both intrinsic and extrinsic to the host. Due partly to the lack of operational …